• pressanykeynow@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    9 hours ago

    At first I thought that’s how Americans measure it - in San Franciscos. But given how “San Francisco” doesn’t sound like “One seven six oh” I’m not sure if they don’t.

    • antler@feddit.online
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      8 hours ago

      It’s not a good tip, but this is how I hear it:

      1: One

      San Fran: Seven

      Cisc: Six

      O: Oh

      I just came up with it off the cuff, but I may use it going forward. I’ve never been able to remember feet or yards in a mile.

      Also, we only measure length in bananas and fractions thereof.